Title: Food supply chains: a bibliometric analysis (2008-2021)

Authors: Gaurvendra Singh; Yash Daultani; Rajendra Sahu

Addresses: Management Department, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Gwalior, 474015, India ' Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, Lucknow, 226013, India ' Management Department, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Gwalior, 474015, India

Abstract: This paper aims to explore the overall research status, top contributions, and key research issues in the domain of food supply chains based on a holistic bibliometric analysis. A total of 496 research papers published during 2008-2021 are extracted for this study by applying relevant inclusion and exclusion criteria from the Scopus database. Our analysis provides insights into research methodologies, authors, institutes, publications, citations, co-authorship, challenges, and suggestions. Author keywords co-occurrence analysis is also performed to identify trending research issues. The findings demonstrate that critical challenges in developing countries are insufficient cold chain facilities, inadequate transportation systems, lack of collaboration among stakeholders, inadequate processing facilities, lack of proper packaging facilities, and lack of quality and safety protocols. Agriculture 4.0 has been identified as an emerging research trend. The study concludes as a useful and updated reference for researchers and policy-makers on food supply chain research.

Keywords: food supply chain; FSC; supply chain; Agriculture 4.0; bibliometric analysis; policy recommendations; co-citation networks; co-authorship networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2024.141621

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2024 Vol.35 No.2, pp.197 - 218

Received: 29 Sep 2021
Accepted: 29 Dec 2021
Published online: 27 Sep 2024 *

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